Posts Tagged ‘Secretary of State’

Federal farm bill backs ag and small-town businesses that support it
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_25138600/federal-farm-bill-backs-ag-and-small-town#
When Mike Brady opened Pelican Jo's Pizzeria in Windsor in 2011, money was so tight he couldn't even afford a menu board. The country was battling back from the Great Recession, and getting a bank loan seemed impossible. "If you walked into a bank and said you wanted to open a restaurant, it was like cockroaches when the lights went on," he
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Review: Gessler lone statewide official to tap fund for partisan use
By Tim Hoover
The Denver Post
State law says they can use the funds for official business as they "see fit," and Colorado's five statewide elected officials spend money from their offices' discretionary accounts on meals, office supplies, parking, salaries, employee retirement parties and occasional travel to nonpartisan events — among other things.
But a review of
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Palacio: Incompetence No Justification For Denying Citizens Right to Vote
Denver - Colorado Democratic Party Chairman Rick Palacio issued the following statement today regarding the Secretary of State’s website repeated failures in the final week of voter registration. The Secretary of State’s website continues to crash today – the final day of voter registration – as it has on repeated occasions over the last several days, making it unnecessarily difficult for
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Attorney General, Secretary of State and AARP ElderWatch warn Coloradans to beware of false charity scams after quake, tsunami
DENVER — Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has joined today with Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler and AARP ElderWatch to warn Coloradans to beware of scams trying to exploit the earthquake and tsunami in Japan as a means to steal their money.
“Although we have not yet received any complaints from consumers, experience tells us that scam artists are
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Dear Friends and Neighbors:
I woke up this morning with a hypothetical conversation between me and a voter going through my head.
Gordon: You know the people elect the University of Colorado Regents. I’m thinking it might be better if they are appointed by the Governor.
Voter: No. Why would I want to give up my right to elect the Regents?
Gordon: Okay, tell me one fact about either of the two candidates for CU Regent at-large.
Voter: A fact?
Gordon: Yeah a fact, any
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